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    Israel-Gaza ceasefire live: Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire is delayed until Hamas releases list of hostages to be freed

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    Israel-Gaza ceasefire live: Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire is delayed until Hamas releases list of hostages to be freed

    By MATT STRUDWICK

    Published: 02:26 EST, 19 January 2025 | Updated: 02:57 EST, 19 January 2025

    Israel has insisted a ceasefire with Hamas will not go ahead today until Hamas releases the list of hostages. 

    The Israeli military is continuing to carry out attacks in Gaza this morning with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu having warned the deal wouldn’t go ahead until the terrorist issued the list of the hostages due to be released. 

    The terrorist group has blamed the delay on ‘technical field reasons’.  

    ‘The prime minister instructed the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) that the ceasefire, which is supposed to go into effect at 8.30am, will not begin until Israel has the list of released abductees that Hamas has pledged to provide,’ Mr Netanyahu’s office said.

    Gazans were seen celebrating and cheering at 8.30am local time in the central city of Deir el-Balah when the deal was supposed to come into effect. 

    IDF continues to ‘strike terrorist targets’

    The IDF says it is continuing to ‘strike terrorist targets in Gaza’ amid the delay in the ceasefire.

    The military said it is carrying out aircraft strikes in the northern and central areas.

    Gazans ‘cheering’ ahead of ceasefire

    Hundreds of Gazans were seen cheering and celebrating after 6.30am in the central city of Deir el-Balah, the time when the ceasefire was to come into effect.

    Many were taking pictures on their mobile phones, clapping and hugging each other.

    About 30 minutes later, footage showed a thick plume of grey smoke rising over northeastern Gaza.

    Palestinians react before a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
    Palestinians celebrate despite an Israeli delay in the ceasefire set for Sunday morning over the hostage list, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
    A displaced Palestinian man waves from a car loaded with belongings following a delay in the ceasefire set for Sunday morning over the hostage list, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    Palestinians celebrate despite an Israeli delay in the ceasefire set for Sunday morning over the hostage list, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

    Timeline of hostage release explained

    According to the ceasefire agreement, the names of the list of hostages should have been provided 24 hours before the exchange – sometime after 4pm local time today.

    Hamas says it is still committed to the deal but blamed ‘technical field reasons’ for it providing the names of the three people it planned to set free.

    The deal comes in three stages the first six-week phase set to see more than 30 hostages released.

    Israeli forces have also agreed to withdraw to the east away from the densely populated areas of Gaza as part of the deal.

    epa11835425 Smoke rises as a result of Israeli military shelling on the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border near Sderot, southern Israel, 19 January 2025, before a ceasefire in Gaza is set to come into effect. Israel and Hamas agreed on a hostage release deal and a Gaza ceasefire to be implemented on 19 January 2025.  EPA/ATEF SAFADI

    British hostage Emily Damari will be released as part of the deal between Israel and Hamas, Israeli media reports.

    The 28-year-old has been held in Gaza since she was shot in the hand and leg when snatched from her home in southern Israel during the October 7 attack by Hamas.

    Under a deal finally agreed this week, 33 hostages are expected to be released, including women, ‘children, elderly people, as well as civilian ill people and wounded’.

    Read the full story below.

    Israeli military continue attacks in Gaza

    Military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari made the announcement in a televised statement this morning.

    The IDF continues to strike within the Gaza area at this time. According to the prime minister’s directives, the ceasefire will not come into effect until Hamas fulfils its commitments

    TOPSHOT - This screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Israeli army on October 26, 2024, shows military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari calling on the Israeli people to be "alert and vigilant" as it carries out strikes on military targets in Iran. Israel announced the launch of "precise strikes" on military targets in Iran on October 26, in retaliation for attacks against it, as Iranian state media reported several explosions around the capital. (Photo by Israeli Army / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Handout / Israeli Army' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == (Photo by -/Israeli Army/AFP via Getty Images)

    Netanyahu: Ceasefire is delayed

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement this morning to say a ceasefire with Hamas had been delayed, just moments before the deal was due to come into effect at 6.30am.

    It instructed the military not to begin the ceasefire.

    Netanyahu warned last night the first phase of the deal would not go ahead until three female hostages were released.

    TOPSHOT - This image grab from handout video footage released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving a televised address in Jerusalem on January 18, 2025. The Israeli prime minister on January 18 said that Israel reserves the right to resume fighting in Gaza with US support, as he pledged to bring home all hostages held in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by GPO / AFP) / Israel OUT / XGTY / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Handout /GPO' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == (Photo by -/GPO/AFP via Getty Images)

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